Kanavi (gamer)

Kanavi
Kanavi
	Kanavi in 2020
Current team
Team	JD Gaming
Role	Jungler
Game	League of Legends
League	LPL
Personal information
Name	서진혁; (Seo Jin-hyeok)
Born	November 2, 2000 (age 23); Daegu, South Korea
Career information
Playing career	2019–present
Team history
2019	Griffin
2019	JD Gaming (Loan)
2020–present	JD Gaming
Career highlights and awards
	MSI champion (2023); 4× LPL champion LPL MVP of the Split; 2× LPL Jungler of the Year; LPL Import Player of the Year; 4× LPL First All-Pro Team; ;
Esports
Representing South Korea
Asian Games

Seo Jin-hyeok (Korean: 서진혁; born November 2, 2000), better known as Kanavi, is a South Korean professional League of Legends player for JD Gaming of the League of Legends Pro League (LPL). Throughout his career, he has won four LPL titles and one Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) title. He also represented the South Korean national team at the 2022 Asian Games, earning a gold medal.

Kanavi's career began in 2019 when he joined LCK team Griffin as a substitute. He joined LPL team JD Gaming on a loan from Griffin later that year. However, after an investigation by Riot Games and KeSPA that revealed Griffin was in violation of tampering rules, contract length regulations, and undue pressure on Kanavi, he was released from his contract at the end of the year. Kanavi chose to sign with JD Gaming in 2020 and won his first LPL title that year. He went on to win three consecutive LPL championships with the team from Summer 2022 to Summer 2023 and won the 2023 Mid-Season Invitational.

Kanavi's individual accomplishments include accolades such as a World Championship Most Valuable Player (MVP) award, an LPL split MVP award, two LPL Jungler of the Year awards, an LPL Import Player of the Year award, and four LPL First All-Pro Team designations. He also became the fifth jungler in the LPL to reach 1,000 kills.